Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City